Kladno is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Rep. It is located 25 km northwest of Prague. Kladno has a population together with suburban areas of more than 123,000 (nearly 70,000 in Kladno). Kladno has heavy industry history. The proximity to Prague helped to keep the local economy stable in spite of the heavy industrial decline after the collapse of the communist regime.
Main environmental challenges faced by the city
- Low energy efficiency;
- Air pollution;
- Environmentally affected areas from industry (incl. brownfields);
- Lack of zero/low carbon transport vehicles (incl. almost zero use of electro-mobility);
- Low usage of renewable energy sources; Heap of waste and soil contamination in same areas;
- Drought – in general (lack of rainfall; torrential rain and low sewerage capacity; low efficiency of water management in agriculture);
- Biodiversity - more conventional than sustainable forest management; rare species disappear (in a partial way);
- Green spaces - increasing pressure on maintenance in the city.
NBS implemented or planned
Already implemented (examples):
- Energy savings in some buildings;
- Remediation of the coal (coke) factories with high degree of contamination (e.g. Poldi area);
- Establishing a greenery coefficient within construction activities (compulsory even for private sector);
- Ensuring the ecosystem stability within some areas – complex measures in landscape (around the Sítenský bridge).
Planned (examples):
- Systematic approach in sector of energy savings (incl. positive energy district achievement);
- Brownfields – risk analysis incl. measures proposal (more or less focused on elimination of the contamination and future use of land);
- Setting up the energetic management - complex of activities incl.
- IT system purchasing; thermal mapping of the territory;
- EPC model set up;
- Electric cars/buses (fleet generally) purchase and infrastructure construction;
- Mine water solutions (together with contamination and waste problem)"